WooCommerce Additional Variation Images Plugin: build your own, pay once
Give each variation its own set of photos, so choosing Blue shows blue pictures and not just one image. Describe it and Ora builds a WooCommerce additional variation images plugin for your store.
Try it on a practice WooCommerce site for 7 days with 2 free changes. Pay from $9 once only if you keep it.
Example: variation editor
Trail backpack
$78.00
Variation: Olive
Olive
Gallery shows 4 olive photos
Extra images4 uploaded
Illustration only. Your plugin follows your own rules.
What your Additional Variation Images plugin does
A focused WooCommerce variation images plugin. You add several images to each variation, and the gallery changes with the choice.
Many images per variation
Upload as many photos as you need for each variation.
Gallery swaps
The product gallery changes when a shopper picks an option.
Easy upload
Add the images right on the variation row in the product editor.
One settings page
Its own item in your WordPress admin menu, so options are easy to find and change.
Good to know: The extra images belong to variations of variable products. Swatches and the gallery slider style are separate builds.
Tell Ora what you need. Check the plan before you pay.
Describe your WooCommerce Additional Variation Images Plugin in your own words. Ora replies with a plan and a price. Nothing is built until you approve it.
Example request
I sell backpacks in black, olive and rust. Let me add 4 photos to each color variation, so when a shopper picks olive they see the 4 olive photos in the gallery.
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Here is the plan:
Upload field for extra images on every variation
4 photos for each color variation
Gallery swaps when a color is picked
A settings page in its own menu in your WordPress admin
Small build · $9 once
In this build: Only variable products use this. Videos per variation and a new gallery design are not part of this plan.
Want more? Add it to your request:
Reorder images. Drag to reorder the extra images on a variation.
Fallback images. Show the main gallery when a variation has none.
Ora builds it together with the plugin and the quote goes up to match. You see the new price before you pay. One plugin never costs more than $39. If it needs more than one plugin, Ora quotes each one. Or add it later as a separate build.
How to set up Additional Variation Images
Here is how to get a Additional Variation Images from idea to working plugin on your site. Most of the work is a few decisions, and these steps walk through them.
1. Choose the images per variation
Each variation can have several images, for example front, side and detail for each colour.
2. Set the display
Thumbnails, the zoom and whether the gallery switches when a variation is chosen.
3. Describe it to Ora
Paste your own version of the example request on this page, or start from one of the examples, and change the details. Ora replies with a plan and a price, and nothing is built until you approve it.
4. Test on the practice site
Pick each variation on the practice site and check the gallery changes to its images.
Common snags:
Many large images slow the product page.
Variations without extra images need to fall back to the main ones.
No yearly fee for your WooCommerce Additional Variation Images Plugin
Looking for an alternative to the paid Additional Variation Images extension from WooCommerce? It lists at $59 a year. Your own version is a one-off.
the paid Additional Variation Images extension from WooCommerce
$59 / year
After 1 year$59
After 3 years$177
Your own WooCommerce Additional Variation Images Plugin on Pluginora
$19–$39 once
After 1 yearthe same
After 3 yearsthe same
Includes5 free changes
Paid plugin price is the list price for one site, as shown on the seller's site in October 2026. The price of your build depends on its size. Ora quotes it before you pay. The paid product may do more than the plugin described above.
Start from an example
Pick one to open the builder with it filled in, then change anything you like.
Is there a free WooCommerce additional variation images plugin?
Free ones may exist. Build your own when you want exact behavior and nothing extra.
Do the images change when a shopper picks an option?
Yes. The gallery switches to the images of the chosen variation.
Do I need WooCommerce?
Yes. This plugin is built for WooCommerce stores and works with your products, cart and checkout. You don't need to buy the paid Additional Variation Images extension from WooCommerce.
Can I get a refund?
The trial fee is refunded automatically if a build fails. A purchased plugin can be refunded within 14 days if it doesn't do what the approved plan said and Ora can't fix it, as long as it hasn't been downloaded or installed.
